Major League Baseball Craft Beer Guide

By Kay Witkiewicz

America’s national pastime and American craft beer are about the most patriotic pairing imaginable, so what better way to toast the first pitch of Tuesday’s All-Star Game than with a pint of your preferred brew in hand? With this guide, find out which of your favorite breweries are pouring at Major League Baseball stadiums around the country.

Since the early 20th century, big beer has played a role in the Major Leagues, starting with Jacob Ruppert, New York Yankees owner and beer baron, who turned the team into a championship-winning powerhouse. Yes, Red Sox fans, he was also responsible for the hiring of Babe Ruth in 1919.

Big beer’s presence is still quite noticeable today; there’s Coors Field, home to the Colorado Rockies, Anheuser-Busch sponsors Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Mo., and the Milwaukee Brewers play at the aptly-named Miller Park. These days, however, when fans cheer for their home team, they increasingly do so with a local, full-flavored craft beer in hand, and stadiums have adjusted their lineups accordingly.

In honor of the Fourth of July, CraftBeer.com is sharing this guide to help you with your thirst-quenching needs in-between innings. CraftBeer.com has adapted a list originally compiled by Timothy Augustin (@TheBeerBaron), brainchild of WorstBeerBlogEver.com.

Rather than speculate on the availability of specific beers—since kegs and cases turn over as readily as double plays—we’re sticking to listing Brewers Association member pouring breweries. Feel free to chime in and update the list with your favorite team’s craft beers in the comment section.

Foreign yet approachable, like any good German beer, Kay Witkiewicz, the current Craft Beer Program intern for the Brewers Association, is as avid a homebrewer as he is a beer writer. Expanding his knowledge of beer one sentence, one sip, and one stir of the mash at a time, he hopes to one day open a brewpub, following the seasonal brewing practices of old.